The Global Security Defense Index on Climate Change

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1. […] Planning for climate change is important in the Pacific area of operations because it will fundamentally alter the operating environment in ways which will cause harm to the national security of countries around and within the Pacific. However, planning for climate change in the region is also important because the other countries in the region perceive it as important. As Dale Carnegie says in How to Win Friends and Influence People: “To be interesting, be interested.” In other words, in order for the U.S. to gain influence in the Pacific, the U.S. must be interested in what countries in the region are: and the threats posed by climate change interest them deeply, as ASP’s Global Security Index on Climate Change shows. […]

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